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Introducing Our US History Curriculum Collection
Draw from this flexible curriculum collection as you plan any middle or high school US history course. Featuring units, C3-style inquiries, and case studies, the collection will help you explore themes of democracy and freedom with your students throughout the year.
A Strength of My Neighborhood
In Spanish, a high school student describes how his neighborhood in Los Angeles helps him feel connected to the traditions of his familyās āold worldā heritage in Mexico.
Black Officeholders in the South (en espaƱol)
In Spanish, these tables provide data about African American officeholders in the South during Reconstruction.
Changing Names (en espaƱol)
Three formerly enslaved people discuss their names and the changes they underwent after Emancipation. This reading is in Spanish.
Collaborators and Bystanders (en espaƱol)
Historian Eric Foner explains the various ways white Southerners showed support for the Ku Klux Klan during the Reconstruction era.
Election Violence in Mississippi (en espaƱol)
In Spanish, Robert Gleeds, an African American candidate for sheriff in Lowndes County, Mississippi, describes the violence that occurred on the eve of the 1875 election.
The Fourteenth Amendment (en espaƱol)
In Spanish, this is the full text of the fourteenth amendment to the US Constitution, which granted citizenship to āall persons born or naturalized in the United States,ā including former slaves recently freed.
Freedmenās Bureau Agent Reports on Progress in Education (en espaƱol)
In Spanish, this is an excerpt from a January 1866 Freedmenās Bureau report on the state of education for freedpeople in the South, written by Freedmenās Bureau inspector John W. Alvord.
Freedpeople Protest the Loss of their Land (en espaƱol)
In Spanish, The Committee of Freedmen on Edisto Island, South Carolina wrote a letter to Freedmenās Bureau Commissioner O.O. Howard responding to President Johnsonās land policy.
Mississippi Black Codes (1865) (en espaƱol)
In Spanish, the Mississippi Black Codes attempt to codify expectations of freedpeople around topics such as intermarriage and labor laws.
South Carolina āRed Shirtsā Battle Plan (1876) (en espaƱol)
In Spanish, read an excerpt of the battle plan developed by the āRed Shirts,ā a Democratic Party paramilitary group that emerged in South Carolina in the late 19th century.
A Teacher Describes Violence and Intimidation (1875) (en espaƱol)
In Spanish, J. L. Edmonds, an African American schoolteacher, gave this account of the murder and intimidation before the 1875 election in Clay County, Mississippi.